Improved brush



UNITED STATES- PATENT OFFICE..

CHARLES TWYFORD, OF BED BANK, NEW JERSEY.

IMPROVED BRUSH.

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES TwYFoRD, of Red Bank, in the county of Monmouth and State ot' New Jersey, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Brushes and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making a part of thisspccilication, i1which Figure l is a side view of my invention in a iinished state; Fig. 2, a side view of the same in af partially-iinished state; Fig. 3, a transverse section of the same taken in the line x Fig. 1.

Similar letters ot' reference indicate co responding parts in the several figures.

This invention relates to a new and useful improvement in the construction of whitewash, varnish, and other brushes ot" tlat form.

The invention consists in inserting the butts of the bristles in a band of' sheet metal, and securing the same therein by means of' a copper or other metal wire, which passes transversely through perforations in the metal band and the bristles, and the ends ofthe bristles within the metal band are covered with shellac, and the wooden handle is fitted in the metal band and secured therein by transverse rods, headed or riveted at their ends, the lower edges ofthe bands being then turned upward so as to cover the wire which passes through the metal band and bristles, as hereinafter described. By this arrangement it is believed that a very durable and economical brush is obtained,- one which will have the bristles firmly secured in position so as to prevent them from becoming detached when the brush is in use. l

A represents a metallic band, which may be constructed of sheet metalzinc would probably be the preferable meterial. This band is of oblon gflatform,correspondin g to the desired form of' the brush, and in it the bristles B are iitted or placed and secured by a wire, a, of copper or other metal, said wire passing through perforations b in both sides of the band, near its lower edge. Vhen the bristles are thus secured in the band, they are covered with a solution ot' shellac, C, (see Fig. 3,) and the wooden handle D is then fitted in the bandA above the bristles, and secured in the band by rods or bolts c. The lower edges, d, of the band A extend suiiiciently far down below the wire a to admit of said edges being bent upward over the exposed part of the wire` so as to prevent the bristles being cut by the sharp edges of the band, and to completely cover and protect the wire from wear or abrasion; and these edges are secured lin this position by solder, or otherwise. By this mode of construction a very strong, durable, and economical brush is obtained, one that will hold the bristles firmly in position, and` one not liable to be affected by the shrinking ot' the wooden handle-a contingency which almost invariably occurs with the ordinary flat brushes, especially whitewashbrushes, which have their bristles simply fitted to tle wooden handle andv their upper ends encompassed by leather.

l am aware that flat varnish-brushes have been constructed with metal bands; but the wire lacing has not, to my knowledge, been used, nor the shellac for keeping the bristles firmly cemented together in the band. y

I claim, therefore, as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent- A whitewash, varnish, or other similar Hat brush, constructed by having the bristles B fitted or placed within a metallic band, A, and

secured therein by means of a wire, a, passing through the bristles and the pert'ora-tions b in the band, and covered with shellac, C, the wooden handle D being` secured in the band A, as shown, and all arranged substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

CHARLES TWYFOBD.

Witnesses PETER AUMAGK, Tuoi/[As MoRFoRn, Jr. 

